[Bradford] URGENT Linux Server Help Needed - Farlsley, Leeds

[Robert Burrell Donkin]

boot into single user no network mode using grub then troubleshoot

- robert

On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 3:25 PM, John R Hudson
<j.r.hudson at virginmedia.com> wrote:
> Hi Jonathan
>
> You may possibly get some help from here
> http://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-help-here/install-boot-login/
>
> but the SUSE distributions forked after 9 into the Enterprise distributions,
> of which yours is a predecessor, and the openSUSE distributions. So few people
> using openSUSE will be familiar with or have access to SUSE 8.
>
> Most people who have SUSE, rather than openSUSE, distributions now have a
> support subscription with Novell. So you may be better asking the question on
> http://forums.novell.com/novell-product-support-forums/suse-linux-enterprise-
> server-sles/
>
> If you have an original DVD of the distribution it may have some repair tools
> on it. Worth checking.
>
> Finally, don't do anything drastic because there are various Live CD tools
> which can be used to recover data from disks. I'm sure someone could help you
> with one of those.
>
> John
> --
> On Monday 11 October 2010 14:03:16 Jonathan Pow | Ross Parry Agency wrote:
>> Hello BLUG,
>>
>> I have just spoken John Leach (WYLUG), and he said didn't thing the list
>> would mind if I posted this.
>>
>> We've just had a major problem with our office server (SUSE Linux 8.2) and
>> need it fixed by someone who is in the know.
>>
>> It will try and boot up, GRUB seems to display correctly but it just fails
>> before booting the GUI (KDE, I think). Unfortunately it fails at different
>> points during startup, which is starting to make me think it's a hardware
>> error.
>>
>> Either way, I need to find someone to fix the problem as the system has our
>> Diary and Copy system on (via Lotus notes) and we are stuck without it. I
>> also don't want to take it somewhere, or get someone over, that doesn't
>> have Linux experience as the system is vital to us.
>>
>> The server is a IBM xSeries 205 eServer.
>>
>> If someone can help ASAP it would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Jonathan
>>
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